Emirates and Dubai Airports announced the successful completion of the phased launch of Concourse A – the home of the A380 and the world’s first purpose-built facility for the aircraft at Dubai International. All 20 A380 capable contact gates and Emirates luxurious First Class and Business Class lounges, which comprise 29,000 m² of the facility, […]
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Airbus is confident that the lithium ion (Li-ion) main battery architecture it has been developing with Saft and qualifying for the A350 XWB aircraft is robust and safe. The A350 XWB flight test programme will continue as planned with the qualified Li-ion main batteries. However, to date, the root causes of the two recent industry
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The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) Committee on Aviation Environmental Protection (CAEP) has adopted a new noise stringency level for commercial airplanes. The milestone achieved at the CAEP meeting last week lowers the current standard by seven decibels. Having now been agreed by the ICAO CAEP, the new stringent noise standard will be presented for
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Honeywell’s SmartPath has been selected by Airservices Australia as the country’s first Ground-Based Augmentation System (GBAS) to improve operational efficiency and decrease air traffic noise at Sydney Airport. Designed to overcome the limitations of traditional Instrument Landing Systems (ILS), a ground-based instrument approach system that relies on radio signals and lighting, GBAS augments Global Navigation
Brazil National Civil Aviation Agency has issued to Baltic Aviation Academy (Vilnius, Lithuania) an approval certificate for Boeing B733-007 Full Flight Simulator (FFS) for Brazilian airlines’ pilot training. ‘Being approved by Brazil National Civil Aviation Agency, Baltic Aviation Academy enters Brazilian aviation industry. We strongly believe that this approval shows our training center credibility in
Finnair will install new full flat seats in most of its existing long haul aircraft beginning in January 2014. Once the installation program is completed by autumn 2014, all of Finnair’s long haul Airbus fleet will have full flat seats in Business Class, with the exception of three older aircraft. These three aircraft will be
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MAINtag, a leading provider of RFID solutions for aerospace, has announced the creation of a subsidiary in the United States to serve the American aerospace industry, including aircraft manufacturers, on board parts suppliers, airlines and MRO crews. In addition, the appointment of Christophe Dissaux as Executive Vice President in charge of business development and marketing
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Boeing and Singapore-based SilkAir announced a five-year exclusive pilot training agreement. The training agreement will support SilkAir’s fleet transition to Boeing airplanes. In November 2012, SilkAir finalized an order for 23 Next-Generation 737-800s and 31 737 MAX 8s, the largest order in the airline’s history. Under the agreement, Boeing Flight Services, a unit of Boeing
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British Airways has begun ground-handling operations for American Airlines at Heathrow Terminal 3 from February 2013. British Airways secured the five-year contract last year following an extensive tender process. The work covers all aspects of ramp and baggage handling for American Airlines, which operates more than 200-weekly flights to and from Heathrow. The contract also
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Sagem (Safran), a European leader in navigation, optronics and avionics systems and equipment and safety-critical software, has created Sagem Services India Private Ltd., a wholly-owned subsidiary that will be headquartered in New Delhi. Primarily focused on maintenance, Sagem Services India will provide customer support for all Sagem avionics, optronics and inertial navigation systems and equipment
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